Portable camp stove



Jan. 5,1926. V 1,568,849

G` KLEINSMITH .PORTABLE CAMP sTovE Filed Nov. 2o, 1924 v Ooooooooo/ @ooooooo Patented Jan. 5, 1926.

` UNITED STATES GEOROLE KLEINSMITH, or HNE xNo'r, CALIFORNIA.

PORTABLE CAMP s'rovn.

Application ledNovember 20, 1924. Serial No. 751,068.

To'aZZ whom it may concern; y

Be it known that I, GEORGE KLEINSMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pine Knot, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Portable Camp Stoves, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention is a camp stove preferably constructed of the portable type so that it may be knocked down for convenient transportation. I

The various elements of my stove are made of sheet iron and angles which may be bolted together and easily disconnected. The stove is preferably for use ina hut or tent, as it is specially designed to utilize the heat from the fire place both as a heater by direct radiation from the open fireplace andthrough the walls of the stove, and also by convection heating by currents of air warmed in the stove.

The stove has a simple removable grate which is adapted to burn wood, coal or refuse. It maybe utilized for cooking with pots on top of the stove or for roasting and baking with the oven.. A removable water tank is supported in such manner that water is heated by circulation pipes passing through the stove. i

My invention will be more readily understood from the accompanying specication and drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the stove.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of Fig. 2 on the line 3-3 in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a plan of Fig. 2 on the line 4-4 in the direction of the arrows.

The stove comprises a main outer body 1, a base 2, a cooking top 3, a chimney 4, and an inner structureV 5. The body has sheet iron sides 6, a back 7, and a front wall 8. These Vare preferably joined to each other with vertical angles 9. The base has side walls 10, a rear wall 11, and a front wall 12, with angles 13 on the top of the walls forming a base on which the body 1 sits. The cooking top 3 is preferably constructed of a piece of sheet iron 14 with apertures 15 for cooking utensils. The inner structure 5 is formed of side plates' 16, a rear plate 17, and a front plate 18 extending downwardly at the sides to a damper plate 19. The side walls are supported from the top of the stove by the angle connection 20. V.The rear plate is secured to the top ofl the stove by the yangle 21. The front plate is hung from the top of the stove by a bolt 22 connected to the front wall members 8.y The side, rear and front plates thus hung from the topof the stove support a damper plate 23, a grate 24 thereon having a front upturned edge 24.', and a sliding damper 25 having a handle 25h Midway up the side plates angles 26 support an oven plate 27. The top of the `oven 28 is inclined and has an aperture 29 with a short pipe 30 leading to the aper ture 15 in the top late and forming therewiththe opening or `cooking pots.

Midway back in the inner structure is van inclined fixed iash plate 31. secured by angles to the side plates 16. A removable flash plate 32 has hooks 33 engaging the top of the fixed plate and bears on the lower back lcorner 34 of the inner structure. The chimney 4 ismounted on the top of the stove in the usual manner by means of a llange inserted downwardly in the smoke `opening 35 to hold it securely in position.

On the front of the stove is a sliding screen 36 having a lifting handle 36 and a wire mesh 37 or other suitable screening material. This is mounted to slide in the angles 38on each side of the door opening.v A solid door 39, is pivoted at one sideof the door opening 40 and by means ofa hook 41 and staple 42 is held in a closed position.

A pair of brackets 43 are attached to the back of the stove by bolts 44 and support a water tank 45. lThis tank has a water circulating pipe 46 passing through the space between the back wall 7 and the rear plato 17. The cold water outlet 47 leads from one end of the tank and the hot water inletl 48 to the other end. A tap 49 is provided as a convenient means of drawing hot water.

The draft for fire is through apertures 50 in front of the base and 51 in the side of the base. The damper 25 is drawn in and out by the handle 25'I to regulate the draft through the apertures 52 in the grate 25.

Air is heated by passing between the outer Any. convenient means may be used for connecting? thesdeplatesto angles so that they may be readily removable, but I have indicated the connection as being by bolts 55.

lf it is desired to make a permanent stove the plates and angles may be Welded together. preferable to form the sides 6 and back 7 of l one 'plate'.

The llame and products or' combustion from the fue-l beingburned on the'gra'te 24' strikethel removable flash-plate 32 and are delected'over the ovenl plate 27. The hot flames inlpinge on the top of the' stove', thus applying' the heat directlyv to pots or the like placed on the apertures 15. The products: of combustion `then pass over the top of? the flash plate 3lv and up'the chimney.

vVhendf wish an open fire similar to'a grate, the door? 239 may be opened wide or removed, in whichl case the flash plate re*- flects the heat fromthe fuel through the wire mesh 37 which protects the camp from lire'by sparks.I Heated alir passes through the apertures and-thereby heats theeainp by convection currents of air. lVhen it is desired to usev theoven for baking. or roastingfthe door 39' may be elosed'over the screen 36.

Various changes may' bel inade Without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed;y

I claim:

l. A;- cainp stove, comprising in eombination an outer body havinga topV plate extending'there-across, an inner structure suspended from the top'plate, a grate carried by thev inner structure, anoven positioned in th'e'inner structure andsu'p'p'orted thereby above the'grate'.'

For a permanent type stove it is- 2. A campv stove, having an outer body with a top-plate extending there-across, an inner structure having side Walls attached to the top plate, a grate carried by the inner structure, an oven supported in the inner structure above the `errate and an inclined flash plate or bevel extending upwardly lroin the grate.

3. A camp stove having` an outer body, an inner structure suspendedfroin the top ol" the body, a `grate carriedv by the inner structure, an linclined flash plate or baille eX- tendingupward 'from the girate. and an inclined inner top plate.-

l; L camp stove having. incombination a base, an outerl body above the base, an inner structure spaced from the outeri body, a grate formed ofa perforated plate supported-in theinner structure, a slidinfgfdamper below the grate, air apertures through the base, an inclined lash plate or baille above the grate, air inlet apertures through thev outer body, and* airv outlet apertures throughthe upper portion of the stove.

A camp stove having' in con'ibiuation a base, an outer bod f above the base, an inner structure spaced from the outer body, a g ate f'ori'i'ied of a perforated plate supported in the inner structure. a sliding damper below the grate'. air apertures through the base, an inclined [lash plate or baille above the grate. air inlet apertures through the outer body. air outlet apertures through the upper portion of the stove, and a Water tank supported by the body having water' circulating pipes extending into the spar-e between the outer body and the inner structure.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my' naine to this specification..

GEORG E KTJEINMITHI 

